---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-005672"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NGVC"
cik: "0001547459"
company_name: "Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-03-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T09:40:06.527418+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Shareholders re-elect Isely and Rooney as directors, ratify KPMG at 2023 annual meeting

## Summary
- 94.5% of outstanding shares were represented at the virtual annual meeting on March 1, 2023.
- Zephyr Isely re-elected with 15,461,880 votes for; 4,509,739 withheld; 1,499,326 broker non-votes.
- David Rooney re-elected with 15,400,945 votes for; 4,570,674 withheld; 1,499,326 broker non-votes.
- KPMG ratified as independent auditor with 21,297,960 votes for, 113,320 against, 59,665 abstain.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-005672
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NGVC
- cik: 0001547459
- company_name: Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-03-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1547459/000143774923005672/0001437749-23-005672-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1547459/000143774923005672/ngvc20230303_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. shareholders approved Ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as independent registered public accounting firm at the 2023-03-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-03-01
  source text: The Company’s stockholders approved Proposal No. 2. The votes cast on Proposal No. 2 were as follows: For Against Abstain Appointment of KPMG 21,297,960 113,320 59,665
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1547459/000143774923005672/0001437749-23-005672-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. shareholders approved Election of Zephyr Isely and David Rooney as Class II directors at the 2023-03-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-03-01
  source text: The Company’s stockholders elected the two director nominees recommended for election in Proposal No. 1. The votes cast on Proposal No. 1 were as follows: For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Zephyr Isely 15,461,880 4,509,739 1,499,326 David Rooney 15,400,945 4,570,674 1,499,326
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1547459/000143774923005672/0001437749-23-005672-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.